What if men and women experience sex differently? This month, our series on the blog is going to focus on some new studies that have recently been published in peer reviewed journals. We like keeping up with research, and we shared four new studies on the podcast last...
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It’s Harder to Spread Bad Christian Marriage Teaching Now
Ever feel like the fog of toxic teaching is lifting? One of the more encouraging things that’s happened to me online lately is my readers’ responses when I posted just one quote from the August 1 Desiring God article, “Your Husband Will Be Perfect; How To Love A...
Want some Data-Driven Podcasts? A Look at the Archives
Before we get going with the regular post, this week Connor called me up with a notification he got from our podcast host! We Hit 2,500,000 Downloads! Thank you so much for your constant support! This is thrilling. "Listens" tend to be higher than downloads, and that...
Your Summer Reading Challenge: Read a Secular Self-Help Book
Evangelical materials are often very subpar. A few years ago, after I had written our first series about the problems with the book Love & Respect, a male friend of mine who had led sessions on Love & Respect at an annual men’s conference contacted me. He had...
Our FREE New Wineskins Webinar Explaining our Findings
We can change the evangelical conversation about sex and marriage. Let’s say that with the proper emphasis: We CAN change the evangelical conversation about sex and marriage. Or even: WE can change the evangelical conversation about sex and marriage. Together. That’s...
What if Pastors and Authors Aren’t Necessarily the Real Experts?
Social media is revealing that not all pastors and authors are experts. For several years in a former church we had a pastor who liked asking congregants to come up and give pertinent illustrations in their areas of expertise. So when he was talking about how the eye...
What Our Research and the Thalidomide Campaign Have in Common
Why do people hate our research for The Great Sex Rescue so much? Well, really hate our research for everything, including our new book She Deserves Better! Last week, a Twitter storm broke out with me at the center of it. Podcast host Patrick Miller invited Josh...
Is It True That All Guys Can’t Help But Imagine You Naked?
Do boys have to fight constantly not to picture girls naked? Yesterday on the Bare Marriage podcast (episode 183) we walked you through some of the problems that we discovered with the modesty messages that were given to girls as teens, especially during the purity...
PODCAST: 3 Ways to Talk about Libido Differences
We usually talk about libido differences in terms of high vs. low. Who has the higher libido? Who has the lower libido? And are these the best ways to talk about libido? In today's podcast, we talk about two OTHER ways to conceptualize libido differences that we find...
5 Questions to Ask to Minimize BIAS When Discussing Research
Have you ever seen someone just totally twist a study to prove excatly what they want it to say? Then you read the study and you just go--hold up. That's not it at all! We dealt with this back when we reviewed a post by Josh Howerton talking about how...
PODCAST: Let’s Talk Ogling and Dressing for Attention–a Research Deep Dive episode!
What happens when the church promotes the idea that "all men struggle with lust"? We've got an all new RESEARCH DEEP DIVE podcast for you this week! Connor and I (Rebecca) are back bringing you some information about a new study that's out that is incredibly...
Is she dressing for attention–or is he? A New Research Deep Dive!
How many of us have heard a grown man grumble about what a teenager is wearing, saying “She knows what she’s doing”? Rebecca here on the blog, bringing you another dose of data from new research we haven’t reviewed on the blog yet! This one is super interesting, and...
Why There Are Some People We Will Never Call Out
Why are there some people who we WON'T call out, even though they promote harmful teachings? Every Friday, Rebecca writes practically a whole new blog post for our weekly newsletter. This is one she wrote from September, and I thought we'd share it on the blog to give...